Hibbert out for a month

Everton expect to be without full-back Tony Hibbert for a month following the thigh strain he picked up in the weekend win over West Brom.

It means he misses tomorrow’s Premier League trip to Blackburn, but could be back for an FA Cup semi-final in April if Everton win their quarter-final on Sunday at home to Middlesbrough.

Teenager Jack Rodwell returns to the squad after missing the West Brom game with a thigh injury.

Provisional squad: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Lescott, Jagielka, Baines, Osman, Gosling, Fellaini, Pienaar, Castillo, Saha, Jo, Cahill, Rodwell, Nash, Jacobsen, Van der Meyde, Baxter, Wallace.